6th Street Surf Break

Lat Long: 6.29° N 10.79° W

6th Street 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's 6th Street sea temperature is
27.1° C
0.4° 

6th Street surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at 6th Street today (20 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for 6th Street at 10AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (20 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (20 Aug)3ft (0.9m)13s

Table - waves today at 6th Street. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 34mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Thu morning, min 24°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SW
12
0.9
SW
12
0.9
SW
12
0.9
SW
12
0.9
SW
12
0.8
SSW
12
0.8
SSW
12
0.8
SSW
12
0.8
SSW
11
0.8
SSW
11
0.7
SW
11
0.7
SW
11
0.7
SW
11
0.7
SW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
479
406
400
394
388
290
281
268
264
216
212
209
209
205
180
174
171
166
163
126
123
123
121
Wind (km/h)
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
S
15
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
S
15
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
glassy
cross-on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
00:02AM0.94m
11:52AM0.96m
1:29AM0.92m
1:12PM0.90m
2:55AM0.96m
2:43PM0.89m
Low Tide
5:42AM0.56m
6:27PM0.44m
7:02AM0.62m
7:40PM0.46m
8:39AM0.62m
8:52PM0.43m
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:37
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:54
6:54
6:53
 mm
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
3
3
Temp °C
25
24
25
26
26
26
25
25
25
25
25
26
26
26
25
25
25
25
25
26
26
25
25
Feels °C
29
28
29
28
28
28
28
28
28
29
29
29
28
28
28
28
28
29
28
29
27
27
27
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